Don't walk, RUN AWAY FROM DEEL. - Anonymous employee Deel Employee Review

1.0
19 Oct 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Opportunity to meet people across the world - which you can pretty much get by working with any international company. And at the end of the day, there’s zero time for you to bond with your peers. You’re not missing out. - They provide equipment for you to work, which you absolutely don’t get to keep. Providing equipment is the least they can do. Again, this is the bare minimum. The cons truly outweigh the pros.

Cons

- There’s no time for 1:1, meetings, training or really any other activity - you have to attend this while keeping the same amount of work and responsibilities. - Individualism rules at Deel. There’s no sense of community among your peers, there’s no bond time, and everything felt like constant competition. - You are simply not allowed to make mistakes. And if you do, be prepared to be judged and embarrassed in front of everyone. This caused me serious anxiety problems at work. Tragic. - If you ever get promoted, you’re keeping the same salary. Same salary = more responsibilities and more work. Extremely unrealistic expectations. - If someone quits or gets fired no one will know until you look for them in Slack and their profile is deactivated. Talk about culture, huh? - Deel pays its contractors a bonus to convince clients to leave good reviews on TrustPilot. - Workplace harassment is definitely present at Deel. There was a sexual harassment case reported to HR, however, no consequences. RUN AWAY. - The salary is unfair. I was making $400 more than a coworker who had the same position as me, lived in the same country as me and had the same amount of responsibilities as me. And this was the same case with most of my colleagues. It’s very discouraging. Discrimination at its finest. It’s more than clear that location and experience do not matter when it comes to salary, so please stop that false “location-based pay philosophy” narrative. - PTO: they provide unlimited paid time off in theory, but not in practice., They will make it hard for you to get days off. - Don’t even think about growing your career here. It’s not happening, mate. You’re wasting your time. - When it comes to processes everything is all over the place. There are no clear answers and no strategy. No structure. It’s hard to work like this. - A lot of people quit after weeks of working here, it’s very common. It would be interesting to see their turnover rate. - Only executives are hired as full-time employees with benefits. The rest are contractors. *****If you're thinking of working here: don't. Do your research and find something better. You're wasting your time, and you're gonna leave Deel mentally ill***** People are bossy, extremely passive-aggressive, egocentric, entitled, mean, and intimidating. Poor communication skills and no manners. They make you feel disposable because that’s what you are at Deel. Leadership from the executive team is immature and disrespectful. I experienced high levels of anxiety and even started questioning my self-worth here. Everyone is overworked and burnt out.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
25 May 2026
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Pros

- Fully remote - Mostly nice and talented people, you can learn a bunch and the atmosphere is good in the beginning - Once you realize you're not ever getting a raise you can get by doing bare minimum - You can write the ceo on slack and he will respond, which is actually insane considering its such a huge company

Cons

- Everyone is underpaid, even the senior directors. They present employee equity as extra compensation, but make it very difficult to sell shares at secondaries. - Raise/promotion policies are set up in a way where most ppl will never get it. I've seen superstar employees get 2% annual raise. The rest got 1%. - Pay is localized, so you can do the same exact job but get pay half of the compensation if you're not based in the US. - It's either employee contract for less money, and you have some employee rights given to you by your country, or more money but you're getting misclassified on a b2b contract and using vaction days when you get sick. The actual work requirements and responsibilities are the same in both cases. - If you're not drinking the koolaid you better fall in line and keep any opinions challenging the status quo to yourself - Manager can get pretty manipulative, they'll say anything to appease you, but will not act in your interest unless it aligns with their internal politics play

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